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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 23, 2011

 

SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-03439

 

36-2041256

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

222 N. LaSalle Street

 

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

60601

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(312) 346-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 



 

Item 2.02.                                          Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 23, 2011, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010.  A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

The information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)          Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation dated January 23, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:

January 24, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig A. Hunt

 

Name:

Craig A. Hunt

 

Title:

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

 

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